Combined curb and gutter.



No. '739,85 4. PATENTED SEPT. 29, 1903.

G M h COMBINED CURB AND GUTTE'R.

APPLIOATION rum) JULY 12. 1902.

H0 MODEL.

ably made of vitrified material.

UNITED STATES.

Patented September 29, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

GUY M. GEST, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

COMBINED CURB AND GUTTER.

SIECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,854, dated September 29, 1903. Application filed July 12, 1902. Serial No. 115,313. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUY M. GEsT, a citizen My invention relates to combined street curbs and gutters; and itsprimary object is to provide acombined curb and gutter of an improved form and made up of connected sections of vitrified material.

A further object of the invention is to provide combined curb and gutter sections of vitrified material and improved means for securing said sections together.

With these ends in view the invention consists of combined curb and gutter sections of an improved form and made of vitrified material and of any preferred length and the improved means hereinafter described for securing the meeting ends of such sections together.

Theconstruction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and its novel features will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figurel is a View in perspective of a combined curb and gutter section embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of parts of two sections connected together, the connecting means being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a metallic strap employed for securing the sections together at their meeting ends. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of a modified embodiment of the invention; andIFig. 5 is a front elevation of the two sections shown in Fig. 4: connected, the connecting means being shown in dotted lines.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are denoted by the same reference characters.

Each of the sections comprises a curb member and a gutter member, said members being integral one with the other and prefer- All of the external angles of each section are preferably right angles. The upper face of the gutter member is horizontal for a part of its width curb member.

and thence curves upwardly and toward the curb member to meet a vertical face of the curb member 2. From said vertical face the surface of the curb member curves upwardly and outwardly and meets the back vertical face at an upper and outer angle 4 of said Thus, as will be seen, each section is bounded transversely by arcs of two circles and five rectangularly-arranged faces, three of which are vertical and two horizontal, as before described and as shown in the drawings, and for the purposes of this specification'a combined curb and gutter sec-V tion, which is formed transversely, as thus described and shown, will be termed herein a combined curb and gutter section A. Each of the sections is formed at its ends with a recess 5, extending from the inner surface section is fitted'upon the projecting portion of the strap. Thus it will be seen that the connecting-strap overlaps both of the sec tions, forming a splice-joint. After the connecting-strap is in position cement or like sealing material is poured into the space containing the strap through the opening 7. The cement surrounds the strap and also enters the perforations therein, so that when-it is set a secure water-tight joint is insured.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown a modified construction, in which one of the sections 8 is formed with one or more endrecesses 9 and the adjacent section 10 with tongues or flanges ll, fitting within or overlapping the recessed portions of the section 8. }This manner of connecting the meeting ends of the sections may be employed either as supplementary to the splicing-strap or as a substitute for the latter. The advantages of the peculiar transverse form of a curb and gutter formed of my improved combinedcurb and gutter sections A will be readily understood. When properly placed in the positions in which the sections A are particularly designed to be usedsuch, for instance, as in streets which comprise a carriage-way with a sidewalk at one or each side thereofthe upper surface of the curb member should be flush with the surface of the sidewalk and the upper surface of the gutter member should not be higher than the surface of the contacting parts of the pavement of the carriage-way. The latter, being properly crowned or transversely convex in form, will shed liquid substances therefrom into the gutter members. It should also be noted that the convexity of the form of the upper and outer part of the curb member will prevent the crumbling of the material of the latter by the wheels of Vehicles which may be backed against the curb or contact the latter at an obtuse angle, while the concave form of the surface which leads from the curb member to the gutter member will prevent injury to the curb member, such as might be caused by the wheels of vehicles contacting the curb member at an acute angle.

The utility of the invention will be readily appreciated. The integral sections A may be manufactured in suitable lengths, and by merely joining and securing the ends in the manner described a continuous combined curb and gutter is constructed.

The invention comprehends and includes all such variations and modifications in form and structure as may fall within the terms and scope of the following claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A curb and gutter section of vitrified material having a horizontal and a vertical leg and a recess in each end extending from a point adjacent the end of the horizontal or gutter leg to the upper portion of the vertical or curb leg and opening externally at said upper end.

2. The combination with a curb and gutter section of vitrified material having a horizontal and a vertical leg and a recess in each end extending from a point adjacent the end of the horizontal leg to the upper portion of the vertical leg and opening at the side of said upper leg, with a perforated key member adapted to be inserted within the said recesses in adjacent sections and to be secured therein by cement.

3. A combined street curb'and gutter, comprising integral sections of vitrified material, having recesses at their ends, and a perforated metallic strap fitting within the space formed at the meeting ends of the sections by the registering recesses.

4. A combined curb and gutter, comprising a plurality of integral sections of vitrified material formed with end recesses, a perforated metallic strap interposed between the meeting ends of the sections and fitting within the space formed by the registering recesses, and a filling of cement or like material to insure a water-tight joint between the sections.

5. A combined curb and gutter, comprising a plurality of integral sections A, made of vitrified material and formed with registering end recesses; overlapping flange connections connecting said sections; a perforated metallic strap interposed within the space formed by the registering recesses; and sealing material surrounding the metallic strap within the recesses.

6. As an article of manufacture, an integral section of vitrified material comprising a horizontal gutter portion, and a vertical curb portion, and formed with end recesses extending downwardly from the inner face of the curb portion to, and terminating" at a point near and within the out-er side of the gutter portion.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

GUY M. GEST.

Witnesses:

' GEORGE F. HARRIMAN,

MATTIE I'I. TRIPP. 

